The writer George Orwell wrote of the want the rich and powerful to establish standards for the betterment of all yet retain the right to behave as they will under the ancient concept of noble right, Benefit of clergy was once a legal concept invoked by Priests, Bishops and ranking Nobles to avoid consequences for [...]

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Only the Hillary Clinton campaign could think that the candidate who is second place can offer the V.P. spot to the leader in delegates.

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This is the second in the Sushi Series. There are 4 cousins who belong to a blended Japanese and Chinese family. We read about Lex the volleyball jock in the first one. Only Uni is about Trish, the flirt, who got put in her place by Lex’s flame from the first book. Does this begin [...]

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With the Republican presidential nominee decided and the Democratic contest dominating the news coverage, there’s been discussion/concern on how Sen. John McCain can keep his name out there and fresh in the minds of the voters. Personally, I think this would be a great time for McCain to work on his domestic policies (he’s already [...]

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by Maryann Miller  Alice Howland, a Harvard professor of linguistics has trouble remembering a few things. But she doesn’t worry that there is something seriously wrong with her. After all, her husband, John, keeps forgetting where he put his keys, but that assurance is shattered the day Alice forgets how to get home after her [...]

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When Jack and Sharon think Gloria and Jeffery are gone they check the clock with the hidden camera. Jack finds the camera is gone. Gloria walks in and Jack tells her she better completely restore the living room like it was or he will go to the judge about her breaking the court order. She [...]

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Will finds Gwen in the living room with Hallie. He asks her if something is wrong and she tells him no, she is fine. She starts crying saying she just can’t do this. She says she can’t sleep because all she can do is think about how they took the baby away from Sofie. Will [...]

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Kayla, Lexi and Daniel are discussing Bo’s case and a possibility of helping him when Bo tells Hope that he can see they are talking about him. Hope tells him he is quite the puzzle. She tells him that Kayla and Lexi might have found a way to help him but she doesn’t know all [...]

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Jennifer Harper, Washington Times reporter, gives us a revealing look at how far left our taxpayer funded National Public Radio network has gotten itself these days. Even when they try to go a little toward the conservative side of the debate, they get lambasted by their audience, angered that they had the temerity to air [...]

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Even though the media is using terms like “shocking” and “bombshell” to describe the revelations that Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer had used the services of a high end prostitution ring, it isn’t really much of a surprise that another powerful politician is caught up in a sex scandal. In my mind, Spitzer’s anti-crime crusader rhetoric is no different than Sen. Larry Craig being vehemently anti-gay, or Sen. David Vitter being a staunch public defender of marriage and family values all the while cheating on his wife with prostitutes.

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“Enchanted” is one of those movies – which like “The Princess Bride” can be enjoyed by children for the straight-forward story of fairy-tale characters cast into the real world, and by adults for the skewed sensibility and sly wit involved. The animated opening is a picture-perfect parody of classic Disney movies involving a lovely heroine [...]

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A public pathway had to be closed off recently due to asbestos exposure fears. The fears were sparked after an oil tank fire resulted in chunks of asbestos being scattered over the path, affecting both private and public property. The pathway in Knocknacarra was closed two days after the oil tank fire. The blaze, which [...]

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Last week, the Heartland Institute put on “The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change“, attended by scientists, economists, and politicians who see a lot of trouble with the science, economics, and politics of current global warming hysteria. Among the over 200 scientists was keynote speaker Pat Michaels, a must-hear and must-read on the subject…and a [...]

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PTI reports: Senior Congress leader D D Lapang was on Monday sworn in as Meghalaya Chief Minister by Governor S S Sidhu who rejected the demand of the newly-formed NCP-led Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) saying the decision was aimed at preventing horse-trading. Stung by the Governor’s decision, the MPA led by former Lok Sabha Speaker [...]

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While Simon Mann was still incarcerated in Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea’s President Obiang is said to have boasted that if he ever got his hands on him he would personally sodomise the mercenary, and then have him skinned alive.  Zimbabwe delivered Mann to Equatorial Guinea’s infamous Black Beach jail in January and now Mann has given [...]

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Dear Soniaji, Manmohanji and pyaare bhaiyya Rahul Since that spectacular moment in 2004 when Soniaji sacrificed her responsibilities and selected Manmohanji to do all that was beneath her to do I have not had a chance to say thanks, so here goes. Thanks for giving us an electile dysfunctional Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister for left [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog I’ve tried to show in my blog with the categories I use the correlation between what’s happening now and what happened in the 1930s before the gathering storm erupted into a full blown hurricane that swept millions to their deaths. As the theme of my blog implies, it’s happening again. [...]

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The seven, “New” deadly sins! William Bougereau Dante and Virgil in Hell 1850 The newly revised list of the seven deadly sins is indeed an announcement that makes everyone step back and consider our moral actions in terms of a much larger global perspective. The original deadly sins, embodied in the Divine Comedy, (lust, gluttony, [...]

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Following a ruling by a Washington State Court of Appeals, victims of secondary asbestos exposure have enjoyed a hard earned victory – The ruling will make it easier for those exposed to asbestos as the result of the work of family members living in the same home to make a claim for their asbestos related [...]

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  Benedict’s upcoming trip to the United States not only provides an opportunity for the octogenarian Pope to visit with America’s head of state, it provides an occasion for the Pope to make significant reinforcements of Catholic educational policy while visiting Catholic University. Some of the biggest points for dissent in the American Catholic Church [...]

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Much has been made by pundits and bloggers of this interview by New York Times reporter Elizabeth Bumiller aboard the McCain campaign plane, the point of which seemed to be to goad the clearly irked – but hardly enraged – GOP candidate (video link) into losing his temper so that she could write an article [...]

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By Honey Gillard Victoria’s secret angel Miranda Kerr and Hollywood super-spunk Orlando Bloom have been denying their obvious relationship for months now, but Kerr has finally come forward, talking for the first time about her rumoured beau. The supermodel recently revealed that Orlando is a “sweetheart”. The pair started their relationship in secret, but it wasn’t [...]

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In the news, a small story talks about the Chinese stopping an airplane hijacking. There  are reports that the Chinese are worried about more attacks during the Oympics Wang said the group had been trained by and was following the orders of a Uighur separatist group based in Pakistan and Afghanistan called the East Turkestan [...]

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By Honey Gillard Change is inevitable in life. Everyday something is changing in our lives – whether we like it or not. Some of these changes are small, whilst others are big and some are just outright gigantic life-changing ones. One of these elephant-sized life-changes is coming about to one of Hollywood’s sexiest and down-to-earth [...]

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